What is it?

Totally off topic...
Found this bone in a creek bed, it was caught up in tree roots and debris. I am hesitant to go to the police if it is a cow or deer bone, but it appears to be a human femur. Please take a look, and tell me what you think. I used my arm to show the length and girth of the bone (one image shows front and then back near my arm) HERE
It seems too narrow for a cow femur, but then I really don't know.
If you think I should go to police, please tell me.
Background: This is at the base of a large natural area preserve, there are NO COWS there. But maybe a dog had a bone? The water ONLY comes down this hill in this small creek. Not from anywhere else.

Don't worry about it and take it in. It's probably a femur from a dog or deer. Take it in and enjoy the story you will have to tell. Down in Florida, I called in some bones we stumbled on hiking, "They told us it happens regularly, no worry. And checked it out." They were animal, not people in our case. whew...

mark the spot and take it in ... or call someone to come out.
if it's nothing, no harm done. but imagine if it is human - it's part of someone who's likely been missing for a long time. you'll be glad to have helped find them.

We actually found dolphin bones in the forest. Don't ask!
Okay I will tell...apparently the biologists who are called in to do autopsies on dolphins on the beach dispose of them when done out in the woods for the wildlife to find, and not people NEAR the beach to find.
There is a young lady missing here since 2012. This is why I am concerned. A shallow grave and all of that. Having lived in PacNW where all the newsworthy serial killers have lived like Green River Killer and Ted Bundy they liked to deposit in these type areas and then hikers or bikers or whomever stumble upon them later on. Yes, part of our conversation today...

I would have it checked. If you hav enot moved it yer, don't. but I hope regardless you took LOTS of photos of the area as a just in case position could tell a story.

gillumhouse said:

I would have it checked. If you hav enot moved it yer, don't. but I hope regardless you took LOTS of photos of the area as a just in case position could tell a story..

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gillumhouse said:

I would have it checked. If you hav enot moved it yer, don't. but I hope regardless you took LOTS of photos of the area as a just in case position could tell a story.

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That is what I mentioned, it was in a creek bed, caught up in roots, it is not in any original location or I would have left it. It came down stream, no doubt about it in a gullywasher.

Joey Bloggs said:

...but it appears to be a human femur.

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Femur is the thigh bone, so you should be comparing it to your shapely thigh. A femur generally has a larger "ball", on a longer extension, at one end that fits into the hip.
The lower arm bones, the ulna and the radius, are thin. What you found is not from the lower arm, where you're comparing to in the photo.
The upper arm bone, the humerus between the shoulder and the elbow, is one big solid bone. It has a smaller, shorter ball on it to connect to the shoulder. That's what yours looks like. A humerus. Perhaps of a Neanderthal. ;-)

Arks said:

Joey Bloggs said:

...but it appears to be a human femur.

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Femur is the thigh bone, so you should be comparing it to your shapely thigh. A femur generally has a larger "ball", on a longer extension, at one end that fits into the hip.
The lower arm bones, the ulna and the radius, are thin. What you found is not from the lower arm, where you're comparing to in the photo.
The upper arm bone, the humerus between the shoulder and the elbow, is one big solid bone. It has a smaller, shorter ball on it to connect to the shoulder. That's what yours looks like. A humerus. Perhaps of a Neanderthal. ;-).

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Arks said:

Joey Bloggs said:

...but it appears to be a human femur.

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Femur is the thigh bone, so you should be comparing it to your shapely thigh. A femur generally has a larger "ball", on a longer extension, at one end that fits into the hip.

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I wrote that I put it to my arm to show the size and girth (to scale it). After we saw it we continued on our hike and DD17 and I were discussing it. We talked about inaccuracy of witness ID "He was tall with black hair" the next "He was short and stout and bald" the next "a young greasy haired teen about 5'10" etc.
So I asked her what size the bone was and I shared what I thought. We decided we better go back and find out and I was using my arm as "scale" for the object. We were both wrong, btw in our estimation and recollection of the size.

Joey Bloggs said:

Arks said:

Joey Bloggs said:

...but it appears to be a human femur.

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Femur is the thigh bone, so you should be comparing it to your shapely thigh. A femur generally has a larger "ball", on a longer extension, at one end that fits into the hip.
The lower arm bones, the ulna and the radius, are thin. What you found is not from the lower arm, where you're comparing to in the photo.
The upper arm bone, the humerus between the shoulder and the elbow, is one big solid bone. It has a smaller, shorter ball on it to connect to the shoulder. That's what yours looks like. A humerus. Perhaps of a Neanderthal. ;-).

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Arks said:

Joey Bloggs said:

...but it appears to be a human femur.

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Femur is the thigh bone, so you should be comparing it to your shapely thigh. A femur generally has a larger "ball", on a longer extension, at one end that fits into the hip.

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I wrote that I put it to my arm to show the size and girth (to scale it). After we saw it we continued on our hike and DD17 and I were discussing it. We talked about inaccuracy of witness ID "He was tall with black hair" the next "He was short and stout and bald" the next "a young greasy haired teen about 5'10" etc.
So I asked her what size the bone was and I shared what I thought. We decided we better go back and find out and I was using my arm as "scale" for the object. We were both wrong, btw in our estimation and recollection of the size.
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Joey Bloggs said:

We were both wrong, btw in our estimation and recollection of the size.

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My attorney friend is always saying that eye witness testimony is mostly worthless, though juries always believe it.

another day of innkeeping
My to do list:
“Get rooms ready for check in, buy strawberries and bring human bone to the police”
Still not sure if it is human, will be embarrassed if not, and not be happy if it is! So better do it!

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

So no one here said it wasn't human, gee thanks. I have a story to go with it now, we drove through mcDees for a biscuit and I asked if they had a large plastic bag (we couldn't get this thing with greasy biscuit fingers or bag) and we went to get it.
We went to our town PD and walked in with a mcDees bag. The officer opened it and said "Wow that's a whopper!" Yeah a guy who was "humorous"
More came out and they believe it is a deer bone, but will check it out. I hoped since they all hunt they would know immediately. They didn't pull it out to look tho, and took it into the back.

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests..

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Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

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Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests..

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Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

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Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

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Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Really? You could start with "It was a dark and stormy night...."

Country Girl said:

Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests..

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Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

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Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

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Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Really? You could start with "It was a dark and stormy night...."

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Country Girl said:

Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

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Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Really? You could start with "It was a dark and stormy night...."

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Kind of like today...guests need to remember we have big back yards and plenty of place to hide the...

Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests..

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Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

Click to expand...

Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

Click to expand...

Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

Click to expand...

Really? You could start with "It was a dark and stormy night...."

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Country Girl said:

Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

Click to expand...

Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

Click to expand...

Really? You could start with "It was a dark and stormy night...."

Click to expand...

Kind of like today...guests need to remember we have big back yards and plenty of place to hide the...
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Joey Bloggs said:

Kind of like today...guests need to remember we have big back yards and plenty of place to hide the...

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Remember, I told you it's OK to sic the dog on 'em, too!

Country Girl said:

Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests..

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Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

Click to expand...

Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Joey Bloggs said:

Country Girl said:

Take it to the police. If nothing comes of it, that's a good thing and it's a good story to tell you guests.

Click to expand...

Uh not going to tell guests about human bones possibly laying around where I send them to hike! haha Some stories we keep to ourselves.

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Really? You could start with "It was a dark and stormy night...."

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Remember what my daughter told me - do not forget the cement.